There, Rod did the narration and introductions that connect the segments. According to Duncan, “The scene was supposed to be a prologue but ended up as an epilogue.” ( Don Brockway’s Time Machine Home page, 2000.)Īn epilogue is more fitting, as the scene stars Rod Taylor and Alan Young – 32 years after they appeared in “The Time Machine.” From Starlog magazine, Clyde Lucas and Rod Taylor in Bob Burns’ basement with the restored Time Machine prop.įilming for most of the documentary took place at the home of Bob Burns. To write the sequel scene, Lucas went to the source, locating retired screenwriter David Duncan in Washington state.
Next, the film shows how the Time Machine prop was created and the ways it has been put to use over the years, including details about its painstaking restoration.īut third and most endearingly, “Time Machine: The Journey Back” includes a 13-minute sequel featuring three of the original’s actors, penned by its original writer. First, special effects wizards Wah Chang and Gene Warren describe how they achieved the 1960 movie’s Oscar-winning special effects. The documentary, filmed in June 1992, has three key segments.
When they met again in the 1990s, Burns “started to tell me about the places the Machine had been, and that’s how we came up with the concept of making the (documentary),” Lucas said in a Starlog magazine article, January 1994. One of the people who saw the Time Machine at Burns’ house in the mid-1970s was Clyde Lucas. Their work paid off when the Time Machine became the centerpiece for Burns’ annual Halloween show in 1976, with a delighted George Pal in attendance. Fontana, Tom Scherman and Lynn Barker work on the chair for the restoration of the Time Machine prop in 1976. In a screen capture from the documentary, D.C. Parts of the Machine were missing or damaged, but Burns had the aid of blueprints from George Pal and a restoration team that included special effects artist Tom Scherman and renowned “Star Trek” script writer Dorothy (D.C.) Fontana, among many others. He had been immensely outbid on the prop at the MGM auction, but the Time Machine was his at last. After years as a traveling sideshow attraction, it was discovered in shabby condition in a thrift store in Orange County, California.Įnter film historian, collector and performer Bob Burns. The prop was sold at the infamous MGM auction in 1970. The Time Machine also had quite an odyssey, as detailed in the documentary. The allure of the Time Machine remained a constant in his life as he moved toward a career in filmmaking. The project was the brainchild of Clyde Lucas, a producer/director/composer who first saw “The Time Machine” at a drive-in theater at the age of nine.
“ Time Machine: The Journey Back” (1993) is a 48-minute documentary narrated by Rod Taylor and featuring many of the creative and technical geniuses behind “The Time Machine.” Part 2 will look at the making of a sequel scene within a 1993 documentary directed by Clyde Lucas.Īnd because this part became longer than I expected, there will be a Part 3 that describes Rod Taylor’s own notes and ideas for a sequel film.
#Time machine the journey back 1993 series
Part 1 of this series explored director George Pal’s efforts to follow up his 1960 version of “The Time Machine” with a sequel.
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